Artesian-well rig



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A. T. HYDE.

ARTESIAN WELL BIG. No. 331,714; Patented Dec. 1, 1885.

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ALFRED T. HYDE, OF OIL CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

ARTESlAN-WELL RIG.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,714, dated December 1, 1885.

Application filed September 252, 1885. Serial No. 177,855. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED 'I. HYDE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oil City, in the county of Venango and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Artesian-Well Rigs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figurel is an elevation. Fig. 2 is a ground plan. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the post P, bridle-bar H, pitman F, and connecting parts. Fig. 4 is a front view of same. Fig. 5 is a top view of same. Fig. 6 is a side view of sandreel K and conical clutch M with its shaft N. Fig. 7 is a section of parts shown in Fig. 6 on the line a: y, showing also an actuatinglever, L. Fig. 8 is a perspective View of a joint in one of the posts P, showing method of connecting braces and struts to the post, and by means of it to each other. Fig. 9 is a top View of parts shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the derrick, showing also the bridle-brace bars B, the bridle-pin W, and bridle-pin connection U.

The object of my present invention is to so change the arrangement of the parts of an oilwell rig as to bring them into the least possible space consistent with convenient operation and to place them all upon one foundation of about the size of an ordinary derrickfloor, materially modifying certain of them in so doing, but making the new arrangement such, however, that all drilling-tools now used may be used in this rig in the same way as at present in the common rig.

The use of this invention is to so concentrate the parts of an oil-well rig that it may be possible to make all the more important of them of iron, and thereby save a very large outlay in new rigs and repair of old ones.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, B shows the bridle-braces; C, the crown-pulley; D, the band-wheel; E, the crank on bandwheel shaft; F, the forked pitman; G, braces that reach up two lengths on the derrick-posts; H, the bridle, (which replaces the walkingbeam in the common rig;) I, the forked hook or U-shaped bar; K, the sand reel or drum for winding the bailer-rope on; L, the sandreel lever; M, thesand-reel clutch; N, the band wheel shaft; 0, the derrick-braces, which ex tend over only one length of the post; I, the derrick-posts.

Q are parts of the posts, larger in diameter than the portions which the braces O and G and the struts Z take hold on; It, the bull-wheel; S, the engine; T, the derrick-floor; V, the bridle-bar-pin holder; W, the bridle-bar pin; Z, the horizontal derrick-struts. I propose to use a thoroughly-braced iron derrick having three tubular legs or posts, one of which shall replace the samson-post now in common use. To one of the posts P is attached, by means of the pin-holder V and suitable bolts, the bridle-bar pin WV, (see Figs. 3 and 5,) which is a horizontal axis for the bridle H. This pin is additionally secured by the two bracebars B, which connect its ends with the other derrick-posts, and prevent any motion that it or the bridle H might tend to have in a horizontal plane about the post I. The bridlebar is forked at the end when the pitman F connects with it, and is of such length as to reach from the bridle-pin "W to the drillingcable, which passes over the crown-pulley C, Fig. 1.

Connecting with the bridle -bar H is the forked pitman F, and at the same point the bent hook or U-shaped bar I, to which latter the temper-screw for feeding out the tools during the drilling is suspended. The bridle H, pitman F, and U shaped bar I are each forked to permit the free passage of the drilling cable, tools, 8m. \Vhenever the lower end of the U-shaped bar I is moved back near the pitman while the drilling-cable or sandline is being raised or lowered and is passing between the forks of the bridle, 8m, the pitman F may be kept in motion without incon venience if the temper-screw and U-shaped bar I are swung back and secured to the pitman. The sand-reel K, I place at some point on the band-wheel shaft N, Fig. 2, and operate it by a conical clutch. (Shown in detail in Figs. 6 and 7 The conical-faced wheel or clutch M is fast on the shaft N. It may or may not be a part of the band-wheel D. The sand-reel K is an idle-wheel on the shaft N,

except when forced upon the conical wheel or clutchMby asuitable lever, L, when it follows the wheel M until withdrawn. The face of the wheel Maud the corresponding surface of the reel Kare at such an angle with the shaft N as to give sufiicient grip to insure prompt and certain response to the actuating-lever without being so flat as to endanger sticking when it is desired to separate them. The bull-wheel R, Figs. 1 and 2, may be either actuated from the engine S or from a wheel on the band-wheel shaft N.

In the braced derrick the brace-bars G take hold at their lower ends on the foundations. Their upper ends and all ends of the braces 0 form loops which pass around and take hold of the posts P. The part of the posts included in the grip ofthe brace-bars O and G and the struts Z is smaller in diameter than that directly above and below, and these parts of the posts of unequal size screw into one another so that the braces and struts eyes may be firmly clamped and held in position.

The parts of the post of larger diameter just above referred to may be ordinary couplings, as in Figs. 8 and 9. The bull-wheel R occupies its common position. The engine stands on the derrick-floor near one side between the bull and band wheels. The band-wheel boxes are secured to floor-beams, the shaft N being as far from the engine as the size of the bandwheel D will permit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. vIn an oil-well rig, the braced metal der rick, substantially as described, and consisting of three tubular posts, one leg of which replaces the samson-post, in combination with the bridle H, pitman F, sand-reel K, bandwheel D, and engine S, all constructed to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an oil-well rig, the bridle H and pitman F, in combination with the U-shaped bar or hook I, sand-reel K, sand-reel clutch M, and a suitable lever, all constructed to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In an oil-well rig, the brace-bars GandO and horizontal struts Z, in combination with the sectional posts P, having parts of unequal size, so as to embrace the loops of the braces and struts, substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In an oil-well rig, the bifurcated pitman F, in combination with the bridle H, U-shaped bar I, and crank-shaft N, all constructed to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In an oil-well rig, the sand-reel K and leverL, in combination with the conical-faced wheel or clutch M, and shaft N, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ALFRED T. HYDE.

\Vitnesses:

H. B. APPLEWHAITE, T. \VALTER FOWLER. 

